A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Poso in Indonesia on Saturday. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 22:38:52 / August 16, 2025 @ 10:38 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.7409° East, -1.2569° South. Id of earthquake: us6000r1n3. Event ids that are associated: us6000r1n3. The temblor was picked up at 22:38:52 / 10:38 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Indonesia (c. 242 968 000 pop). The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Palu (c. 282 400 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Poso (c. 47 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palu, Poso.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km N of Poso, Indonesia.
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